File::Spec::Mac(3Perl Programmers Reference GuiFile::Spec::Mac(3)NAMEFile::Spec::Mac - File::Spec for MacOS
SYNOPSIS
require File::Spec::Mac;
DESCRIPTION
Methods for manipulating file specifications.
METHODS
canonpath
On MacOS, there's nothing to be done. Returns what it's
given.
catdir
Concatenate two or more directory names to form a
complete path ending with a directory. Put a trailing :
on the end of the complete path if there isn't one,
because that's what's done in MacPerl's environment.
The fundamental requirement of this routine is that
File::Spec->catdir(split(":",$path)) eq $path
But because of the nature of Macintosh paths, some
additional possibilities are allowed to make using this
routine give reasonable results for some common
situations. Here are the rules that are used. Each
argument has its trailing ":" removed. Each argument,
except the first, has its leading ":" removed. They are
then joined together by a ":".
So
File::Spec->catdir("a","b") = "a:b:"
File::Spec->catdir("a:",":b") = "a:b:"
File::Spec->catdir("a:","b") = "a:b:"
File::Spec->catdir("a",":b") = "a:b"
File::Spec->catdir("a","","b") = "a::b"
etc.
To get a relative path (one beginning with :), begin the
first argument with : or put a "" as the first argument.
If you don't want to worry about these rules, never
allow a ":" on the ends of any of the arguments except
at the beginning of the first.
Under MacPerl, there is an additional ambiguity. Does
the user intend that
File::Spec->catfile("LWP","Protocol","http.pm")
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be relative or absolute? There's no way of telling
except by checking for the existence of LWP: or :LWP,
and even there he may mean a dismounted volume or a
relative path in a different directory (like in @INC).
So those checks aren't done here. This routine will
treat this as absolute.
catfile
Concatenate one or more directory names and a filename
to form a complete path ending with a filename. Since
this uses catdir, the same caveats apply. Note that the
leading : is removed from the filename, so that
File::Spec->catfile($ENV{HOME},"file");
and
File::Spec->catfile($ENV{HOME},":file");
give the same answer, as one might expect.
curdir
Returns a string representing of the current directory.
rootdir
Returns a string representing the root directory. Under
MacPerl, returns the name of the startup volume, since
that's the closest in concept, although other volumes
aren't rooted there. On any other platform returns '',
since there's no common way to indicate "root directory"
across all Macs.
updir
Returns a string representing the parent directory.
file_name_is_absolute
Takes as argument a path and returns true, if it is an
absolute path. In the case where a name can be either
relative or absolute (for example, a folder named "HD"
in the current working directory on a drive named "HD"),
relative wins. Use ":" in the appropriate place in the
path if you want to distinguish unambiguously.
path
Returns the null list for the MacPerl application, since
the concept is usually meaningless under MacOS. But if
you're using the MacPerl tool under MPW, it gives back
$ENV{Commands} suitably split, as is done in
:lib:ExtUtils:MM_Mac.pm.
SEE ALSO
the File::Spec manpage
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